MNKness!
I finally managed to hit 75 today with MNK! As soon as I dinged, I put on Byakko's Haidate, Walahra Turban, Brutal earring, and Kirin's Osode to see what kind of difference there would be. I was shocked at the increase in damage! I was hitting for around 55ish per hit with my Pahluwan body, O Hat, and Shura pants. Once I switched, I was hitting for around 70ish per hit and critical hitting for 120-140. O_O 3 cheers for MNK! My party disbanded shortly after so that was ok. I managed to get a 3k buffer and I popped Hundred Fists on the last mob and got my H2H skill to 274. When my party was over I went back to Whitegate and remembered that I had 3 merits. So after looking through the MNK Merit list I upgraded my Kick Attacks Rate to Lv2. I think that was a good choice. Although I'm really disapointed about the MNK Group 2 merits. None seem that great to me. If anyone has tips for group 2 then please comment, because I don't know what to invest in on those.
Now that my party was over I finally had a chance to finish my Snow Gorget quest. Earlier in the day when I logged on, I put up my flag and figured I'd go trade in my organs and buy the 2 items I needed for the Snow Gorget. Well after I bought a Clear Chip, I got a party invite right away so I didn't get a chance to trade them in. After the party however I went and purchased a Gorget and traded in all my items for the Snow Gorget. The organs I had to use for it were 10 Phuabo, 5 Aern, and 1 Yovra. I've had the Phuabo in my storage for god knows how long. Got them way back when Tuuf, Sao and I were trioing them in Sea. Then Seraph came out along with a few others I think and we got a lot of organs. My Aern organs were strictly from Sea with Vs, along with the Yovra organ which was the hardest to get. The Snow gorget is specifically for Tachi: Gekko and Impulse Drive. I haven't used it yet but I'll work it into my macro's somewhere. I'm really curious to see what kind of difference there will be. The next gorget I think I will go for, will either be for Tachi: Kasha, Wheeling Thrust, or Asuran Fists. I'm not sure what gorget those are or organs so I will have to do some homework on them.
Some other recent happenings would be our fun in Sea Serpent Grotto. my friend Ultrablue off TrueRune needed a BRD test seeing how he is 70 BRD now, so we decided to go get him one. Well some other LS members decided to come along for the ride and before we knew it we had a posse going. Theora, UB, Tuufless, Pilfer, and myself ended up going down there. On our way we figured we'd see if the NM that drops Minstrel's Coat was up. Sure enough it was and after killing it, UB had himself a Minstrel's coat without any work! As if that wasn't enough, we ended up getting his test after a few mobs. We went down to see if another NM was up and managed to kill something named Zogg or Zurg or something, I can't remember his name. He didn't however drop anything ;.;. Afterwards Tuuf mentioned he wanted an Assault Jerkin so we all headed to Onzozo. There were only 2 people there camping Ose and they were AFK most of the time. However after 3 hours or so nothing popped so we decided to call it a night. It was a lot of fun though, I really miss doing things like that with my LS. It's such a pity that most of the members have either quit game or have moved onto other endgame linkshells. I really miss my friends, /sigh.
In other news, we did 2 Gods yesterday in Sky, Suzaku and Seiryu. Both went pretty smoothly. I'm still laughing at the fact that our resident PLD, Raikoh, literally dies at the begining of EVERY fight we do. Doesn't matter what or where it is, he seems to die...>_>. If you're reading this Raikoh I still <3 j00, don't worry! I just find it funny. Anyway, both gods didn't drop too much good stuff. Afterwards I just did some Campaign and played Lost Odyssey. Also, Monday night we did an Omega run. We had about 11-12 people total and it went pretty well. It was really choppy in places but we pulled it together and got the win. We only got Homam head and feet though which is a let down. Head was free lot and Kiana won that. Feet went to Sclera who had them on his list. I'm pretty sure most of the LS has Homam head and feet so I would really like to see some other pieces drop. I of course already have the full set, but I still love doing Omega. I just wish he would drop some new pieces here. I have no interest in Nashira gear obviously, but we have almost 2 full Ultima sets too so I'd like to get that going sometime, maybe once we have a few more members.
Anyway, that's all there is to report at the moment. So I'll see you all next time~
PS: Congrats to my buddy Esor for getting all her items for her Kyudogi! Now she just needs a crafter! If any of you on Odin can craft her this, send her a /tell on game or let me know and I will relay the message! ^.^b
Now that my party was over I finally had a chance to finish my Snow Gorget quest. Earlier in the day when I logged on, I put up my flag and figured I'd go trade in my organs and buy the 2 items I needed for the Snow Gorget. Well after I bought a Clear Chip, I got a party invite right away so I didn't get a chance to trade them in. After the party however I went and purchased a Gorget and traded in all my items for the Snow Gorget. The organs I had to use for it were 10 Phuabo, 5 Aern, and 1 Yovra. I've had the Phuabo in my storage for god knows how long. Got them way back when Tuuf, Sao and I were trioing them in Sea. Then Seraph came out along with a few others I think and we got a lot of organs. My Aern organs were strictly from Sea with Vs, along with the Yovra organ which was the hardest to get. The Snow gorget is specifically for Tachi: Gekko and Impulse Drive. I haven't used it yet but I'll work it into my macro's somewhere. I'm really curious to see what kind of difference there will be. The next gorget I think I will go for, will either be for Tachi: Kasha, Wheeling Thrust, or Asuran Fists. I'm not sure what gorget those are or organs so I will have to do some homework on them.
Some other recent happenings would be our fun in Sea Serpent Grotto. my friend Ultrablue off TrueRune needed a BRD test seeing how he is 70 BRD now, so we decided to go get him one. Well some other LS members decided to come along for the ride and before we knew it we had a posse going. Theora, UB, Tuufless, Pilfer, and myself ended up going down there. On our way we figured we'd see if the NM that drops Minstrel's Coat was up. Sure enough it was and after killing it, UB had himself a Minstrel's coat without any work! As if that wasn't enough, we ended up getting his test after a few mobs. We went down to see if another NM was up and managed to kill something named Zogg or Zurg or something, I can't remember his name. He didn't however drop anything ;.;. Afterwards Tuuf mentioned he wanted an Assault Jerkin so we all headed to Onzozo. There were only 2 people there camping Ose and they were AFK most of the time. However after 3 hours or so nothing popped so we decided to call it a night. It was a lot of fun though, I really miss doing things like that with my LS. It's such a pity that most of the members have either quit game or have moved onto other endgame linkshells. I really miss my friends, /sigh.
In other news, we did 2 Gods yesterday in Sky, Suzaku and Seiryu. Both went pretty smoothly. I'm still laughing at the fact that our resident PLD, Raikoh, literally dies at the begining of EVERY fight we do. Doesn't matter what or where it is, he seems to die...>_>. If you're reading this Raikoh I still <3 j00, don't worry! I just find it funny. Anyway, both gods didn't drop too much good stuff. Afterwards I just did some Campaign and played Lost Odyssey. Also, Monday night we did an Omega run. We had about 11-12 people total and it went pretty well. It was really choppy in places but we pulled it together and got the win. We only got Homam head and feet though which is a let down. Head was free lot and Kiana won that. Feet went to Sclera who had them on his list. I'm pretty sure most of the LS has Homam head and feet so I would really like to see some other pieces drop. I of course already have the full set, but I still love doing Omega. I just wish he would drop some new pieces here. I have no interest in Nashira gear obviously, but we have almost 2 full Ultima sets too so I'd like to get that going sometime, maybe once we have a few more members.
Anyway, that's all there is to report at the moment. So I'll see you all next time~
PS: Congrats to my buddy Esor for getting all her items for her Kyudogi! Now she just needs a crafter! If any of you on Odin can craft her this, send her a /tell on game or let me know and I will relay the message! ^.^b
posted by Akanea at 2/20/2008
2 Comments:
Monk group 2 merits aren't the greatest, but there are some decent choices. A lot of monks I know go with Invigorate 3, the regen is awesome. Main down side is I don't think it stacks with regular regen.
Penance is nice, but very situational. I can see it's usefulness with 3 monks with maxed Penance and keeping an HNM with minimal tp gain.
Formless Strikes isn't really worth it, and I've only seen 1 monk use Mantra, and I thought it was the most worthless thing. >.>
So all in all. Invigorate 3 is a must imo. Penance 3 is the lesser of the 3 evils for the remaining merits, but if you don't like chi blast, Formless Strikes can be a nice toy to play with I guess.
Thanks for the advice. First and foremost I'm going to cap out group 1 and then I'll think about 2. Looks like I'll cap out Invigorate and see from there lol.
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